The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-06
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How n Missionary While. 81 Away tho Time.
Dr. stones Lottor.
sptcial tor.ApondcNecc J The inttlltaenetr.
BOMBAY, INDIA, Dec. 3.--This ID mail
day. Once u week q steamer sails from
India for the great West. Mail day 10
anonymous for busy day.
While Mrs. Stone ia writing her homo
letters, l will throw of few lines for the
benefit Of my friends, tho readers OF tho
1srELLldEScgG. I an glad to hear that
my irregular jottinga arc OF any interest to
you, A miesionarys' lie 10 such n bnsy
one that have numbe.less excuses ready
made for not writing. This will explain
nv silencs at times. II you Imagine a
preachera lie In an idle ono you had bet
ter Join the South India Conference. !,
A young man aome months ago called
at the parsonage, and In the couree OF our
conversation remarked: "Dr. Stone, how
do you while away your time. hero 10 the
paleonage?" 4 larger part OF my time IL
consumed In being bored by time killers
and bes2ars. You would be eurpriscd az
tho number of mcn who daily call upon
mo for. employment. or money. l have
had elk requests for le!ters OF recomplen.
dation before breakfast. "But my dear
man, never saw you before" aay to the
majority. This does not touch them. As
ainisier OF the gospel, Of course could
not refneo C poor man q lew lines, or
rupee or two! As one man remarked a
few dnysssc, "r%o rupees wouldn't make
you much poorer. or me much iioher."
VINO are these tramps? you Say, Eura-
siona, Europeans, Americans and natives
These larger Indian cities arc overrun
with unemployed foreigners. The man
| moot likely 10 assist them 10, Of course, the
| missionary.
Ny time from 5 o'clock In tho morning
until 10 at night is fully taken up with
mul.itudlnous sHairs. Would the order
OF our work and meals DO OF interest to
YOU? At 8 A. NJ. our ham al (servant)
knocks ut ihs door wit "lanch 6ajah yeya
sahiJ Ut, oot." "Fiye o'clock's gone sir,
up, up" As every ono In India IL sup
posed to have q splssh bath the frat thing
this Of course IL attended to. By tho way
nothing can be mora grateful 10 ono In
Inda's heat than this custom. A story is
| told Of the late itey. j. S. inskip who
viaitcl India III lSS0-Sl. lie cane upon
large congregation Sunday evening cut-
iering from & dreadful cold In the head.
Amidst great deal Of saullllng he apollo.
ez ID icr h:s condition, with the nssur-
suce tia. he had token bath that npIn-
ing, which was contraty'te the "cuptom in
America" t"'EE1
At G o'clock our choia ha.rah, combating
Of coffee, toast aud bananas, is brought to
our room. We count on having three
hours Of hard study from this Interrupt
ton until tho cook eays 'sNusta taiyur hai,"
''Breekflst ia ready After breakfast
The family gather ior prayers. The SER
wants :dnls into tho drawing room with
us. Wo frs! have u hymn with an organ
accompaniment, read a portion. from the
Eaglieh Bible, then have 4 scripture porr
ton in vernacular, simplifying tho word
to the servant; after this comes prayer,
often both In English and WaAraita. u.
| Our time from this on unit, $50, is
always fully occupied with accCunta,
lister writing, seeing visitors or studying.
At $50 ""Khana tui.or hai' is the
hoekun.," aud We, assemble ior dinner.
Dinner finiahed We dress to 20 our rGunds
Of Visiting. At hsit past e;x p. NJ, We have
g cup Of les md a simple meal OF bread
aud butter. Rarely do We hxvc On eye1-
ing on which there is not meeting OF
some sort. -1-l.. ,s-
Sunday work uaed 10 be very heavy. It
IN 7 - l,n IN
programmed: Up at. to put thoughts in
order for y sermon. At Z o'clock in the
Sunday School room al $50 eat a hur-
ricd hseasfant With carriage waiting at The
door in which must ride three milea to
attend second Sunday School. super
intend, lead singing, often play the organ,
and leach class in both. AT llo'clock l
preach sermon in English. Then comes
ride through the Leat back TO the par
souage. At6 o'clock l am in the pulpit
again. This ia the big earvica Of the day.
Ths service is eiwa5s followed by an after
meeting in which We aim to win a few
soula Tor the Master. at $3.50 y. N. we
wont into. the slums TO hold a midnight
service among the brothels. This latter
work was terrible strain upon nervous
force. Our church is near the '"Fiye
Points" Of Bombay. 55... ~.
Our seanens' missioua Is worked to par
TALLY counteract the irauenceo Of that dis.
trict. Services are held among tho sea-
men every evening" E5yF
As said before my Sunday work is not
40 heavy now. In addition to tho above,
however, We have to plan for raising Rs.
rs . month for native work. Rs. $50 a
month for sailors work, and numerous
other fnancial demanda. We are now at
tempting to build paraonage. and alao
planning to necure ground and put up ]
building for our sesmen's mission. So you
Ree there are abundant opportunities 70,
work in Bombay. l wish 1 could import
q number Of the young people from the
Wheeling churches 10 assist us, especially |
in our aeamens work. We need singers
and ready workers to go out among the
ships and sailors among the; docks, to
gather in men from the s.ree:a. Can't
some 5of you como over to Bombay and |
help US. You can pray for US at any rate.
.'t5t lshr'i N.E& J. SUMMER STONE, :
GEDNEi HOUSE, NEW YORK,
Broad wnv aniI Eortieth e}roat on,o,:ko |